Finding Aid
McDaniel family fonds. – 1938-1945. – 16.5 cm of textual records and graphic material.
Series 1
Correspondence. – 1940-1945. – 13.5 cm of textual records.– Title based on content of series.
Series consists of letters, invitations, and cards received or sent by members of the McDaniel family, the bulk sent from England by Bernard and Francis McDaniel to their parents in Regina. There are many air letters (aerogrammes), one airgraph, some envelopes without letters, and many letters on plain, RCAF, and YMCA stationery, with or without accompanying envelopes. Envelopes are not included in the measurement of file extent. Some letters have passages physically excised by military censors. Series has been arranged alphabetically by surname or corporate name of the sender. Married women may appear under either their married or maiden names.
BOX 1
No surname:
F.1 [-] to Beatrice McDaniel, 1941, 1 envelope (no letter).
[-] to Muriel McDaniel, 1941, 1 envelope (no letter).
Doug [-] to Mildred McDaniel, 1943, 8 pp. (1 letter).
A-K:
F.2 Assinaboia Club (Regina) to [Beatrice McDaniel], 1941, 1 p. (1 invitation).
Charles Bazinet to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1942, 3 pp. (1 letter).
Campion College, Regina, to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1941, 1 p. (1 letter).
Canadian Legion of the British Empire Service League (Branch No. 169 Bienfait, SK) to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1941 1 p. (1 letter).
Mary-Ann [Conlin?] to Beatrice McDaniel, [1941], 2 pp. (1 letter).
Mary-Ann [Conlin?] to Muriel McDaniel, [1940], 4 pp. (2 letters).
Letter dated Nov. 1940 is incomplete. Surname and date supplied from draft newspaper notice in Box 2, F.4.
Kathleen [Crump?] to Bernard J. McDaniel, [1941], 1 p. (1 letter).
Mr. and Mrs. Curtin to Bernard J. and Beatrice McDaniel, [1941], 1 p. (1 letter).
C. Roberts Davidson to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1941, 1 p. (1 letter).
Fairfield and Sons Ltd., Winnipeg, to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1942, 1 p. (1 letter).
Bernard Heintz to Muriel McDaniel, 1942-1944, 9 pp. (3 letters).
Letter dated 4 Jan.1943 is incomplete.
Jessie (Minshull) Higginson to Beatrice McDaniel, 1941, 26 pp. (4 letters).
Knights of Columbus (Regina Council No. 1247) to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1941-1942, 4 pp. (3 letters).
Beatrice McDaniel:
F.3 Beatrice McDaniel to Gertrude (Minshull) Bertschinger, [ca. 1942?], 1 envelope (no letter).
Envelope addressed but neither stamped nor mailed.
Beatrice McDaniel to Bernard M. McDaniel, [1942-1944], 1 label (no parcel).
Label once attached to shipped parcel.
Bernard M. McDaniel:
F.4 Bernard M. McDaniel to Beatrice McDaniel, 1940-1942, 92 pp. (21 letters).
Letter dated [18? Apr. 1941] incomplete.
Bernard M. McDaniel to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1941-[1943?], 5 pp. (1 letter, 1 card).
F.5 Bernard M. McDaniel to Bernard J. and Beatrice McDaniel, 1940-1942, 239 pp. (34 letters).
F.6 Bernard M. McDaniel to Bernard J. and Beatrice McDaniel, 1943-1944, 223 pp. (47 letters).
Letters dated 14 Aug. 1943, 31 Oct. 1944, 26 Nov. 1944 incomplete.
F.7 Bernard M. McDaniel to Francis J. McDaniel , 1941-1942, 31 pp. (6 letters).
Letter dated [Summer? 1941] incomplete.
Bernard M. McDaniel to Maurice R. McDaniel, 1940-1944, 44 pp. (9 letters).
Bernard M. McDaniel to Muriel McDaniel, 1941-1944, 14 pp. (4 letters).
Francis J. McDaniel:
F.8 Francis J. McDaniel to Bernard J. and Beatrice McDaniel, 1941-1945, 136 pp. (55 letters).
Lacuna between Aug. 1942 and Mar. 1943. Some envelopes (including all from 1941) have no letters associated.
F. 9 Francis J. McDaniel to Maurice R. McDaniel, 1942-1944, 8 pp. (3 letters).
Francis J. McDaniel to Muriel McDaniel, 1943-1944, 20 pp. (7 letters).
Francis J. McDaniel to Mildred McDaniel, 1944, 2 pp. (1 letter).
Francis J. McDaniel to 120 Bomber Squadron Ladies Auxiliary (Mrs. C.G. Holmes), 1945, 2 pp. (1 letter).
Gwen (Murray) McDaniel:
F.10 Gwen (Murray) McDaniel to Bernard J. and Beatrice McDaniel, 1944, 51 pp. (10 letters).
Gwen (Murray) McDaniel to Mildred and Muriel McDaniel, 1944, 2 pp. (1 letter).
BOX 2
Other McDaniels:
F.1 Mildred McDaniel to Kae [-], 1943, 2 pp. (1 letter).
Sarah G. McDaniel to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1942, 4 pp. (1 letter).
N-W:
F.2 Donald A. McNiven (MP-Regina City) to Beatrice McDaniel, 1941, 1 p. (1 letter).
Anne Minshull to Beatrice McDaniel, 1942-1943, 6 pp. (3 letters).
Olive Minshull to Beatrice McDaniel, 1941-1943, 28 pp. (7 letters).
Olive Minshull to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1941, 6 pp. (1 letter).
Margaret [Miszner?] to Beatrice McDaniel, [1941], 1 p. (1 letter).
Charlie B. Mitchell to Bernard J. and Beatrice McDaniel, 1942, 1 p. (1 letter).
Charlie B. Mitchell to Francis J. McDaniel, 1942, 1 p. (1 letter).
Mrs. W. J. Patterson (Wives of the Cabinet Ministers), 1942, 1 p. (1 invitation).
Regina Business Women's Liberal Club to Beatrice McDaniel, 1941, 1 p. (1 letter).
Reliance School of Commerce Ltd. to Bernard J. McDaniel, 1942, 1 p. (1 letter).
Mr. And Mrs. G.E. Tomseth, [ca. 1941-1943?], 1 p. (1 card).
Woman's Liberal Association to Beatrice McDaniel, 1941, 1 p. (1 letter).
Series 2
Clippings and Ephemera. – 1938-1945. – 3 cm of textual records and graphic materials. – Title based on content of series.
Series consists of drawings, agenda, lists, newspaper clippings and tearsheet, drafts for newspaper notices, receipts, tickets, programmes, and postcards. Series has been arranged alphabetically by subject.
BOX 2
F.3 Clippings, 1941, 10 pp.
File consists of clippings and tearsheets concerning activities of the McDaniels and their Reginan friends taken from the Montreal Standard, the Regina Leader Post, and unknown publications. Subjects include P/O Bernard Heintz; O/S Charles Bazinet and his ship the corvette Levis; maritime and Liberal associations; Regina Community Chest; and Women's Guild, Federation of the Blind. One cartoon included was perhaps originally an enclosure in a letter from Francis J. McDaniel to his parents.
F.4 Draft newspaper notices, [1941], 2 pp.
Two draft notices handwritten by Beatrice McDaniel: obituary notice for father Frank Minshull; social column notice of visit by Mary Ann [Conlin?] of Winnipeg and Margaret [Wau?] to Mildred and Muriel McDaniel.
F.5 Drawings by Maurice R. McDaniel, [ca. 1941?], 4 drawings: cartoon sketches in black ink on paper.
File consists of: cartoon sketches of human and quasi-human heads and one side portrait cartoon sketch of a man with a rifle by Maurice R. McDaniel, approximately 10 years of age. Includes experiments with signature.
F.6 Ephemera, 1937-[1945?], ca. 30 pp.
File consists of: agenda, programme, lists, memorandum, receipts, tickets, and unused postcards.
